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by **Grant Low** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

Hi.

I've got a newly installed RedHat 6.0 box up. It ran the Xconfigurator
just fine. X starts; I can see the X cursor in the middle of the
display. However, it never gets any further. I reran the machine in
single-user mode and re-ran Xconfigurator. Same thing. How come I see
no windows/window manager? What can I do to get it working? Thanks!

Grant

by **Azte** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

> Hi.

> I've got a newly installed RedHat 6.0 box up. It ran the Xconfigurator
> just fine. X starts; I can see the X cursor in the middle of the
> display. However, it never gets any further.

This means that the X server has started, but that you do not have a Window
Manager loaded.

2 Options:

1. Use the display manager
$ xdm

This manages starting, stoping, window managers etc for you.

2. Add a window manager, and an xterm to your X server startup

make a file ~/.xinitrc

Put the following in it:

# .xinitrc
# startx
exec xterm &
exec /usr/X11R6/bin/RunWM.Fvwm95 --FvwmMWM

then try startx again.

Quote:> I reran the machine in
> single-user mode and re-ran Xconfigurator. Same thing. How come I see
> no windows/window manager? What can I do to get it working? Thanks!

> Grant

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by **NF Steve** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

>Hi.

>I've got a newly installed RedHat 6.0 box up. It ran the Xconfigurator
>just fine. X starts; I can see the X cursor in the middle of the
>display. However, it never gets any further. I reran the machine in
>single-user mode and re-ran Xconfigurator. Same thing. How come I see
>no windows/window manager? What can I do to get it working? Thanks!

How are you starting X? If you type X<return> at the command prompt
this is what you'll get. There should be a script "startx" which
will set up the window manager etc.

Norman

by **John Brewe** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

> >Hi.

> >I've got a newly installed RedHat 6.0 box up. It ran the Xconfigurator
> >just fine. X starts; I can see the X cursor in the middle of the
> >display. However, it never gets any further. I reran the machine in
> >single-user mode and re-ran Xconfigurator. Same thing. How come I see
> >no windows/window manager? What can I do to get it working? Thanks!

> How are you starting X? If you type X<return> at the command prompt
> this is what you'll get. There should be a script "startx" which
> will set up the window manager etc.

> Norman

I have the same problem, Xconfigurator won't let me set the refresh
rates to what they should be so when I start up windows manager(KDE)
the screen is broken up and the X is in the middle of the screen. Last
time I could at least move it but as soon as I clicked on something the
whole thing froze up. Is there anyway I can manually set the rates, I
have an older monitor with the system I'm putting RH6 on and the options
for the horizontal refresh rate don't go low enough.

Thanks in Advance

by **Hal Burgi** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

>> >Hi.

>> >I've got a newly installed RedHat 6.0 box up. It ran the
>> >Xconfigurator just fine. X starts; I can see the X cursor in the
>> >middle of the display. However, it never gets any further. I reran
>> >the machine in single-user mode and re-ran Xconfigurator. Same
>> >thing. How come I see no windows/window manager? What can I do to
>> >get it working? Thanks!

>> How are you starting X? If you type X<return> at the command prompt
>> this is what you'll get. There should be a script "startx" which will
>> set up the window manager etc.

>> Norman

>I have the same problem, Xconfigurator won't let me set the refresh
>rates to what they should be so when I start up windows manager(KDE)
>the screen is broken up and the X is in the middle of the screen. Last
>time I could at least move it but as soon as I clicked on something the
>whole thing froze up. Is there anyway I can manually set the rates, I
>have an older monitor with the system I'm putting RH6 on and the
>options for the horizontal refresh rate don't go low enough.

Try using a different setup tool like XF86Setup. Maybe its a bug in
Xconfigurator. Yes, you can hand edit /etc/X11/XF86Config, but you
really need to know what you are doing. And are you sure it is starting
the correct X server?

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Hal B

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